The official website of the All You Need Is Kill anime movie revealed additional staff, key visual (pictured), and a trailer on Wednesday. The movie adapting Hiroshi Sakurazaka's action sci-fi light novel will open in Japanese theaters on January 9.

Staff
Screenplay: Yuuichirou Kido (Kaijuu 8-gou)
Character Design: Izumi Murakami (Kaijuu no Kodomo animation director)
Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo (Promare)
Animation Episode Director: Yukinori Nakamura (Shin Samurai-den Yaiba CG director)
Chief Animation Director: Tomonari Nakajima (Obsolete CG director), Naoto Tokumaru (Kamierabi)
CGI Director: Takanori Nakashima (Entotsu Machi no Poupelle)
Color Design: Konoha Suzuki (Gyokou no Nikuko-chan)
Mecha Design: Juuki Izumo (No Guns Life)
Music: Yasuhiro Maeda
Sound Design: Kouji Kasamatsu (Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka)
SF Research: Yuuya Takashima (Bullbuster design research)
Animation Producer: Masataka Aoki (Kaijuu no Kodomo)
Producer: Eiko Tanaka (Mind Game)
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production: Warner Bros. Japan

Singer-songwriter AKASAKI performs the theme song "Tsuretette," which is previewed in the trailer below.

Kenichirou Akimoto (Kaijuu no Kodomo CG director) is helming the movie at Studio 4°C. The movie will reconstruct the story from a different angle than the novel and the Hollywood live-action movie.

Shueisha published the original light novel under its Super Dash Bunko in December 2004, featuring illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe (Serial Experiments Lain). VIZ Media published the novel in English in July 2009.

Takeshi Obata (Death Note) drew a manga adaptation which was serialized on Young Jump magazine from January to May 2014. Shueisha published both volumes in June 2014.

Trailer


Source: Comic Natalie